NRS618.325. Powers of Administrator and representatives; entry and inspection of places of employment.

      1.  The Administrator and the Administrator’s representatives appointed under this chapter shall act with full power and authority to carry out and enforce the orders, standards and policies fixed by the Division, and for the purposes set forth in this chapter may:

      (a) Certify to official acts;

      (b) Take depositions;

      (c) Issue subpoenas;

      (d) Compel the attendance of witnesses; and

      (e) Compel the production of books, papers, records, documents and testimony.

      2.  Upon presenting appropriate credentials to any employer, the Administrator or the Administrator’s representative may:

      (a) Enter without delay and at reasonable times any place of employment; and

      (b) Inspect and investigate during regular working hours or at other reasonable times and within reasonable limits, that place of employment and all pertinent conditions, structures, machines, apparatus, devices, equipment and materials therein, and question privately any employer or an employee.

      3.  The Division shall not notify the employer of any randomly scheduled or customary regulatory inspection to be performed by the Division.

      (Added to NRS by 1973, 1016; A 1975, 768; 1981, 1509; 1989, 469)